25/Jun 2008 | Burnt fingers in stocks? Go for FMPs | Mumbai: If the stock market is not working in your favour, fret not. There are other options offering decent returns, at least in the short term. These include short-term funds, fixed maturity plans (... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Austral Placement Closes | Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. (TSX-V: APX; NZSX: APX; AMEX: AEN) Further to Austral Pacific Energy Ltd.'s news release of June 20, 2008, the Company now confirms that it has completed the placement of 1... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Quarterly Window Dressing - A Recurrent Wall | The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things": Of corrections--portfolios--- and window dressing--- of market cycles--- wizards--- and reality. Quarterly portfolio window dressing is one ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | CSnews.com | Supreme Court ruling yesterday. While the court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U. punitive damages may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losse... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US Fed holds rates steadyCentral Bank voices concern ab | WASHINGTON -- The US Federal Reserve has held rates steady and signalled it was in no hurry to raise them, even as it voiced greater concern about inflation. The decision by the US central bank left t... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Thai bourse approves demutualization in principle | Foreign Exchange. Bangkok--26 Jun--SET Yesterday (June 25), The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) s Board of Governors (BoG) gave in principle approval to the demutualization of the SET group, based o... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Morley sells 50% share of Crown Point Shopping Park to The Crown Estate for 67.7 million | 1, Aviva's UK-based asset management business, and The Crown Estate today announce they have agreed the sale of 50% of Morley's share of the Crown Point Shopping Park to The Crown Estate for 67. Crow... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Financials lead market up | Strong start partly blamed on options expiry, short covering and bargain hunters taking advantage of others doing tax loss selling over the last few days. Bond yields fell after the Rate decision sugg... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Asian markets rise after Fed holds interest rates | Singapore dollar this minute The greenback edged down against its Singapore counterpart during early Asian deals on Thursday.3642 against the Singapore dollar by about 9:25 pm ET, compared to Wednesd... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dollar slips to 17-day low of 42.4550 versus Indian Rupee | Greenback slips to 3-day low against Singapore dollar 1 minute ago The greenback edged down against its Singapore counterpart during early Asian deals on Thursday.3642 against the Singapore dollar by... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | China's regulator approves 9 of 13 IPOs | China's stock regulator has quickened the pace of approving initial public offerings but still refrained from giving the nod to large fund-raising proposals, indicating concerns of adding more pressur... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | How the Bear Stearns Fraud | June 26, 2008 The FBI showed up on the doorstep of Bear Stearns executive Matthew Tannin on a Friday night early last fall. Agents wanted to talk to him about possibly providing some evidence again... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Buy When Everyone Says Sell | The Falling Market Profit Plan. In the short run, though, the ride can get a little bumpy. Even the big moneymakers on Wall Street get scared when the market declines. And even they hedge their bets u... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Most Say Inflation Bearable | Shoppers browse vegetables at a supermarket in Yichang, Hubei province, in this undated photo. [Photo: China Daily] Fewer urban consumers think prices are unacceptably high compared with three months ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Yahoos Stock Revives on Reports of Revived MS Talks | Enterprise Agility Requires BPM-Enabled Environments Agility is nearly impossible to achieve without BPM. a more limited deal focused on Yahoo's search engine. That led to a 16 percent drop in Yahoo's... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | HSBC to set up wealth management arm | Global investment bank HSBC will set up a wholesale wealth management business in Australia, to take advantage of the nation's large superannuation market. HSBC will offer global asset management prod... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | LNC | Lincoln National is a holding company, which operates multiple insurance and investment management businesses as well as broadcasting and sports programming business through subsidiary companies. sell... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Turbines to power new energy | Search: Breast cancer genes Breast cancer screening could soon be transformed by genetic tests that indicate which members of the population are most at risk of the disease, according to a new study. ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Discover how the index funds manipulate commodity pr | 0) | RELATED TICKERS: AAPL , UBS , GE Silver futures on the COMEX shows a big drop in the uneconomic spread positions, a notable increase in small trader short position and a decline in the total c... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Golf notes: Mesa's Watkins leads Gateway tourney | Computers & Technology East Valley Job News Real Estate News Home Sales Foreclosures . Blogs Inside East Valley Business Misty Williams on Real Estate . Arizona Business Press Releases Stocks and Mutu... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Analysis - TMB Bank: An overview of recent developments for the embattled bank | Many can probably remember a particular incident in the Thai commercial bank industry at the end of 2007 that had revived a half-dead bank to its grand standing. Such scenario was possible only to a f... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Access Phoenix Public Library from Home | Want to save gas and have fun without leaving the comfort of your home? Phoenix Public Library offers its customers 24/7 at-home access to terrific databases for kids, teens, students and adults. All ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Hilary Benn starts to allocate flood funds | Since the final report by Sir Michael Pitt into the summer floods, there have been several responses from key figures. Flood management unacceptable, says Pitt Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said t... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Samsung Gears Up for New Management Experiment | The Samsung Group is starting what is seen as a new experiment in management in July. With the resignation of chairman Lee Kun-hee, the country s biggest family-owned conglomerate will introduce an in... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Norrep Performance 2005 Flow-Through Limited Partnership completes asset transfer | Rollover") to Norrep II Class of Norrep Opportunities Corp. (the "Fund") effective at the close of business on June 25, 2008. The Partnership received an aggregate of 1,699,161 mutual fund shares of t... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed switches focus to inflation | US, but the focus has now turned to whether the central bank will remain on the policy sidelines in the short-term. For the first time since last September, after the credit crunch emerged, the Fed vo... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Global inflation fuels commodity, blue-chips | Fairfax Media While the rise in inflation has been driven by volatile fuel and energy prices, money managers are now expecting inflation to be higher and more persistent in the next several years, and... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Yahoo rebounds on reports of Microsoft talks | Associated Press via NewsEdge) Yahoo's steadily sinking stock pulled out of its descent on reports that the internet pioneer is reconsidering its recent decision to fall into the arms of online search... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Commodities debate: Refining value from raw materials | Login |. The commodity price boom masks fundamental questions about the value of commodity investments in a portfolio, the choice of commodities and the most constructive use of indices. Euromoney s d... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | ETF Profiles: Bruce Bond | Some of the long-time and emerging pioneers of the ETF industry are profiled here. They have been at the forefront of ETF portfolio management, strategy development, market integration and investor aw... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dollar steadies after fall on Fed rate outlook / Rika Otsuka | Dollar steadies after fall on Fed rate outlook By Rika Otsuka Reuters First Posted 09:12:00 06/26/2008 TOKYO -- The dollar steadied against the euro on Thursday after falling the previous day as a Fe... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Unveil the Secret World of Fo | Forex investors and Forex Brokers are finding incredible profits in this lucrative market, and all it really takes is an understanding of what drives the Forex market, and ultimately what gives money ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Entry point for oil bet? | Larry MacDonald blogs about investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, income trusts, options and more. Visit Investment Ideas - Larry MacDonald's blog about investing and markets . blog bonds canad... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Door Wide Open | One pro's view of the stock market. Stock screens, market analysis, trading tools, stock research, investment ideas, portfolio analysis, trading lessons, investment commentary, trading tips, and more ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | How to Interview a Portfolio Manager? | Selection Criteria Critical for Physicians By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; FACFAS, MBA, CMP Publisher-in-Chief and former reformed Certified Financial Planner Recently in the Atlanta area, two high-pr... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Foreigners were net buyers of Japanese stocks last week, but were sellers of Japan bonds. The Ministry of Finance reported | Foreigners were net buyers of Japanese stocks last week, but were sellers of Japan bonds. The Ministry of Finance reported Thursday that foreign investors purchased a net 34.2 billion yen worth of Jap... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Foreigners Net Buyers Of Japan Stocks Last Week, Sellers Of Japan Bonds | Foreigners were net buyers of Japanese stocks last week, but were sellers of Japan bonds. The Ministry of Finance reported Thursday that foreign investors purchased a net 34.2 billion yen worth of Jap... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gross: Fed Will Hold Steady for Rest of Year | The Federal Reserve will hold its key interest rate at 2 percent for the remainder of the year as the economy winds through the various challenges it faces, according to bond manager Bill Gross. Gross... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Banks boost market | The Australian share market opened higher today after a positive lead from Wall Street, supported by gains in the banking sector. The September share price index futures contract was 57 points higher ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Emerging markets seen pulling in investors | KUALA LUMPUR: With the world economy slowing down, investors should look at global emerging markets (GEM), including Malaysia, where the equity markets are expected to continue charting strong growth.... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Subprime Trump Card: Standing up to the Banks | Iraq to boost security in Mosul. Update on Senate Stripping Us of Our Fourth Amendment .. Wexler Pushed for Impeachment Hearings on the Olbermann Show on MSNBC Tonight. Ellen Brown Global Research Jun... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. To Trade On Toronto Stock Exchange | 35,509,696 common shares (the "Shares") of Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. 2008 in anticipation of the Offering closing prior to the opening of business on June 26, 2008. The Shares, other than those which... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | O'Leary Global Equity Income Fund To Trade On Toronto Stock Exchange | 14,525,001 transferable trust units (the "Trust Units") and up to 4,791,667 trust unit purchase warrants (the "Warrants") of O'Leary Global Equity Income Fund (the "Fund"), . issuance upon completion ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Foreign investors net buyers of Japanese stocks for sixth straight week | Thu, Jun 26 2008, 00:28 GMT .TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Foreign investors were net buyers of Japanese stocks for the sixth straight week last week, preliminary figures from the Ministry of Finance sh... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed leaves rates steady, citing inflation worries (AP) | Ben Bernanke[1]; Other categories: OHIM; The Federal Reserve said it had become less worried about the growth of the economy and more worried about inflation, as it announced last night that it woul... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dollar steadies after fall on Fed rate outlook | Dollar steadies after fall on trimmed rate hike expectations *Dealers expect Fed to keep rates on hold in coming months *Euro hovers near record high vs yen By Rika Otsuka TOKYO, June 26 (Reuters) - T... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Capitalising on Asia s long-term potential | Specialist Asia fund manager Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) has partnered with distribution specialist The Private Collection to promote the TAAM New Asia Fund to advisers. The Private Collecti... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The City Sans Aguirre | City Attorney come December, and Mr. Aguirre resumes his role as a private citizen and attorney. If past performance is an indicator of future performance, this worries me. Aguirre had a penchant for ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Yahoo Confirms Google Commitment | SAN FRANCISCO) Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders. Ya... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dressing for Success at an Older Age | . We went down Wall Street to see what New Yorkers --"." they allowed you know then had to used to shelling earrings in jewelry one that really depends on what industry working and." you seen examples... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | PowerRatings Danger Zone: URRE, XRIT, NVTL | Wednesday and futures that are in the red across the board, it may be worth taking the time to see what stocks in the market may be particularly vulnerable to developing some "red" of their own. It is... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fears for US consumption as houses fall 23 | House prices in the US have fallen by almost 23 per cent over a three-month period and a decline in American consumer confidence is seen as signalling the biggest drop in consumption to occur since 19... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Kiplinger s James Glassman s Silver Lining Stock Picks | James Glassman (now U. Under Secretary of State For Public Diplomacy), recommended the following stocks based on his belief that you don t buy what is safe (consumer staples) now if you want sizeabl... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | FrontFour | FrontFour Bids for IAT A New York investment firm is offering to buy half of a Canadian air cargo operator. FrontFour Capital Group filed a formal takeover bid, the company said Tuesday, offering $19.... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Sonic Corporation F3Q08 (Qtr End 5/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript | Department & Discount. Vice President Pat Watson - Corporate Communications Analysts Jeffrey Bernstein - Lehman Brothers Joe Buckley - Bank of America Sharon Zackfia - William Blair & company, LLC Ste... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Is A Fed Funds Rate Cut Good News Or Bad News? It Depends On Your Perspective | The Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to lower the Fed Funds Rate next week. For holders of credit cards and home equity lines of credit, this is good news. Both of these financial prod... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gold Recovers Pre-Fed Drop to End Weds Unchanged; Lone Dissenter Votes for Rate Hike to Curb Inflation | From Chris Mullen at GoldSeek.60 in Asia ahead of the US Fed's interest-rate decision on Wednesday, before falling to an 8-session low of $873. The Gold Market then rallied back higher into the close,... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Yahoo confirms Google commitment, pans Microsoft | Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders. Yahoo embraced its p... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed's Statement Raises Questions | 7:06 p.The Federal Reserve's latest statement raises more questions about where the economy is headed than it answers. You could call this a cross-roads or a holding pattern. But from the point of vie... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | KCRW.com Showcase: Tally Hall, Little Jackie, and Salt & Samovar | Fringe Benefits Card.Star Membership... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Supreme Court Cuts Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Damages | Supreme Court chops $2. Supreme Court has slashed a jury verdict against Exxon Mobile Corp. in connection with the 1989 crash of the Exxon Valdez, which spilled millions.5 billion punitive damages awa... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed holds rates steady, shows more worry on prices | Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signalled it was in no hurry to raise them, even as it voiced greater concern about inflation... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | It s All Unraveling - Bond Insurers Beg Big Banks for $125 Billion Forgiveness | Posted on June 23rd, 2008 in Daily Stock Market / Economic News - The Real Story Tonight, FT s Aline van Duyn broke a story that the bond insurers are begging banks to tear up $125 billion in credit d... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Pitt flood report: initial funding announced | Defra has today announced the areas that initial funding will be allocated to, in light of Sir Michael Pitt s final report into the summer floods. Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn said: &ldquo... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Kelly Brothers Joins Genovese, Forman & Burford as Partner | Sacramento, CA Genovese, Forman & Burford announces Kelly Brothers as new partner and financial advisor, augmenting the firm's position as Sacramento's foremost investment advisory and employee bene... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | 11 and 1/2 Biggest Ideas of The Year | Creating the 2008 Ideas Issue prompted The Atlantic s editors to start debating which ideas good and bad most informed the national conversation over the past twelve months. Herewith the result: a th... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Guyana Gold Corp. Rated 'Speculative Buy,' Target Price $1.50 by Beacon Equity Research | Analyst Comments: Sanofi, Replidyne, UAL Corporation, Jabil Circuit Jun 25, 2008 06:16 PM. in the Heart of a Gold-Mining Boom in Guyana Jun 23, 2008 07:58 AM. Stock on the Move for Wednesday: GYGC! Ju... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Tips on Shifting to Retirement Spending Mode | Uneasy about the future, many new or prospective retirees figure it's time to purge their portfolio of risk (translation: growth stocks) and shift the money into conservative, income-producing investm... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | U.S. Options Index Falls Most in 2 Weeks After Fed's Rate Pause | The benchmark index for U. stock options dropped the most June 13 after the Federal Reserve said the economy continues to expand, sending the cost of protection on banks and brokerages lower. The VIX ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Market's 10 Best Stocks ... Cheap! | The strategy went mainstream in 1989 at Fidelity. After nearly 20 years and 16% annualized returns, a $10,000 initial stake would be worth more than $175,000 today. Respected investment shop Royce & A... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | How to Earn Emerging-Market Returns -- Safely | A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries. -- Chinese proverb That Chinese proverb makes a ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Importance of Financial Planning in an Uncertain Economy | The Importance of Financial Planning in an Uncertain Economy 2 part series Part 2: Having a Plan is Key to Your Future Financial Success Too many people make their investment decisions based on what e... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US close: Fed decision to hold clips gains | Federal Reserve decided to keep US interest rates on hold as expected. After seven rate cuts since last September the US central bank held the Fed Funds rate unchanged at 2%, with the highlight on the... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Senator Kreitlow urges passage of capital formation proposals | Madison, Wis. - The Wisconsin Legislature should continue to make expanding access to capital a priority in the next legislative session, according to State Sen. Kreitlow, citing a recent report on ri... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Singapore Industrial Production Due On Thursday | AH Belo shares touch lowest point since debut this minute Shares of newspaper publisher A. hit their lowest point since the stock began trading earlier this year during Wednesday's session, as declin... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | DirectCash Income Fund announces asset acquisition of ATM competitor | DirectCash Income Fund (the "Fund") announced today that the Fund's operating subsidiary partnership, DirectCash ATM Processing Partnership (the "DirectCash Partnership"), entered into the agreements ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dick Morris repeated false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals on | Dick Morris repeated false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals on Hannity & Colmes and Today . Summary: On Fox News, Dick Morris asserted that as president, Sen. That means that you get... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | EV gas prices stabilize, oil demand down | VarsityXtra. Blogs Blogging with the Devils Bordow's Sports Blog Brownie Bytes Golf: Backspin MLB: Inside Baseball NBA: Rim Shots NFL: Bird Watching. Average pump prices around the East Valley dipped ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dow +60 S&P +11.6 NASDAQ +33.3 | 25. Market Update - Stocks are rising in early trading as oil falls on higher weekly inventories and investors await this afternoon's FOMC rate decision. The Fed is expected to keep the fed funds rate... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | QualityStocks.net News mPhase Technologies, Inc. (XDSL.OB) Announces Security & Defense Expo Award 6/25/08 | QualityStocks.OB) Announces Security & Defense Expo Award 6/25/08 . you can sign up for Quality Stock's Daily Newsletter to find out what Small-Cap and Micro-Cap online Investment Newsletters are in... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Money-Market Mutual Fund Assets Rise By $8.06 Billion (Nasdaq) | NEW YORK Investors to money-market funds contributed $8.06 billion in the week ended Tuesday, bringing total net assets to $3.442 trillion, according to the Money Fund Report, published by iMoneyNet... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | SMBs Get Sarbox Reprieve, SEC to Study Cost Burden | The Securities and Exchange Commission has given small businesses another year to comply with the auditor-attestation requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b), which means SMBs will need to provi... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Global real estate to stay a wild ride: Pralle | For commercial real estate investors, Brazil is a dream and Spain is a nightmare, Michael Pralle, president of . "I'd avoid Spain and Italy right now, and be patient in the United States," Pralle sai... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Dollar nudges 96 US cents | The Australian dollar has opened firmer, touching $US0.9600 after the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates on hold pushed the US dollar lower. Although the US Federal Open Market Comm... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | UK mogul calls for break up of CIF | ANY remaining niceties between the Challenger Infrastructure Fund and its second largest shareholder appear to have evaporated, after UK property mogul Vincent Tchenguiz's called for the investment ve... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Burnt fingers in stocks? Go for FMPs' | Scenario of high interest rates makes their returns all the more attractive MUMBAI: If the stock market is not working in your favour, fret not. There are other options offering decent returns, at lea... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | GroupM Pairs Social Media With Search | By Brian Morrissey NEW YORK GroupM is launching a social-media unit and pairing the new operation with its search offering. The Social Media Marketing practice will operate at Outrider, the St. The un... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Analyst: Activision 'Way Ahead' of EA in Profitability | Deutsche Bank's Jeetil Patel notes that EA's profits continue to underperform the last console cycle while Activision has "depicted a steady increase over EA." Certainly Guitar Hero and Call of Duty h... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US Fed highlights inflation dangers as rates are held | The US Federal Reserve last night highlighted growing inflation dangers in the world's largest economy as it held benchmark interest rates at 2% - ending a run of interest-rate cuts which began last S... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | 318.26 | AHT - Ashford Hospitality Refinances Sole 2008 Debt Maturity [2008-06-25 17:36 ET] ALB - Albemarle Invests in Cleaner, Safer Magnesium Alkyl Process [2008-06-25 17:35 ET] TRXI - TRX to Relocate Corpor... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US-Notenbank sieht gestiegene Inflationsgefahren - Zins unver ndert | WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Die US-Notenbank (Fed) sieht in den USA steigende Inflationsgefahren bei gesunkenen Risiken f r das Wirtschaftswachstum. Ihren Leitzins ("Fed Funds Rate") belie die der geldpol... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Buffett concerned about US 'stagflation' | Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he's concerned about ''stagflation,'' or slowing in the US economy while inflation accelerates. ''We're right in the middle of it right now,'' said Buffett, ch... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Arizona Housing Trust Fund at Risk | 128)The Arizona House budget is recommending a $30 million sweep for the Arizona Housing Trust Fund (HTF), including $3.1 million from program funds, which would eliminate HTF for 2009 and slash Arizo... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | DJ UPDATE: Fed n hert | DJ UPDATE: Fed n hert sich mit kleinen Schritten der Zinserh hung (NEU: Marktreaktionen, Kommentare von Bankvolkswirten) Von Katrin H rtel und Peter Trautmann DOW JONES NEWSWIRES FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Armtec Announces Strategic Acquisitions, Bought Deal Financing and Proposed Transaction | NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX: ARF.UN) today announced that it has entered into an agreement ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Stung investors abandon ship | Sharemarket down 15. AN increase in investors selling shares to lock in tax losses will now ensure 2007-08 is the worst year for the Australian sharemarket in a quarter of a century. It may be as annu... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | A case for a bottom in financials | BTFG , NCC , STI The news has been so bad for so long most financial ETF's are down 30% year-to-date and just under 50% for the past year. The headlines have been filled with stories concerning the... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | AGNC Added to Preliminary List of Russell 3000 | BETHESDA, Md., June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Capital AgencyCorp. (Nasdaq: AGNC), a real estate investment trust ("REIT") formed in 2008and externally managed by an affiliate of American C... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Out of Commission | Time was, a few short months ago, when a seat on the board of the Children and Youth Investment Trust Corp. You got to rub shoulders with the likes of board chair John W. Hill , CEO of the powerful Fe... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | EXCLUSIVE-Buffett sees subprime opportunities | United States - (Adds background, byline) By Lilla Zuill NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRK - news - people ), sees some opportunities for investing ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Oil dips $US2 on supply gains | Crude oil fell more than $US2 a barrel after record fuel prices cut consumption, causing US inventories to rise for the first time in six weeks.1 million-barrel drop was forecast by analysts in a Bloo... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | TD Bank to Issue Medium Term Notes | TORONTO, June 25 /CNW/ - The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) today announced that it intends to issue $650 million of medium term notes constituting subordinated indebtedness pursuant to its medium term no... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed stands pat on rates as expected | Wednesday s statement from the U. Federal Reserve indicated that once again it is business, more or less, as usual. Rates will remain unchanged at 2% following one of the steepest rate-reduction bonan... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Federal Reserve Leaves Rate Unchanged | The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced today that it is holding the Fed Funds rate steady at 2. This is the overnight rate at which banks loan money to one another, and can affect the mort... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | RIM Misses Q1 Revenue, EPS; Guidance Mix | From Silicon Alley Insider , June 25, 2008: The Street thought RIM's Q1 was an easy layup , but the BlackBerry maker missed both revenue and EPS estimates, and issued mixed guidance for Q2. Specifical... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | A Refreshing Pause | A Refreshing Pause Jun 25, 2008 04:44 PM. Sallie Mae : Nation's Largest Provider of College Loans Jun 25, 2008 04:43 PM. Greenspan: Economy On Brink Of Recession Jun 25, 2008 04:41 PM. Declining Russi... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Wednesday Options Outlook: ORCL, IYR, CMCSK, ANF, ETN, MDCO, BAC, BA | Market Outlook. Oracle ( ORCL ) Oracle shares are 1% higher at $22.32 ahead of its after-the-bell earnings, and the sense of anticipation is evident from the elevated implied volatility reading (34.... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US-Notenbank l sst Leitzins wie erwartet unver nde | Die US-Notenbank (Fed) hat ihren Leitzins wie erwartet unver ndert belassen. Der Zielsatz f r Tagesgeld ("Fed Funds Rate") liege damit weiter bei 2,00 Prozent, teilte die Federal Reserve (Fed) am Mitt... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Failure Sets Replidyne Back | 1 Rank See how a purely mathematical analysis of earnings estimate revisions returns over 30% per year on average. Posted Mon Jul 07, 05:00 pm ET by Ann Northrop, CFA As happens to many fast-growing r... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | 14441.13 | VSH - Vishay Amends Credit Facility and Notifies Note Holders of Their Option to Require Vishay to Purchase Their Notes on August 1, 2008 [2008-06-25 16:50 ET] XMCP - Xiom Corp. Expands Coatings Line,... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The brave love bonds | Fortunately, dark moments always have a bright side. The silver lining this time is that the recent sell-off in the bond market has resulted in some interesting opportunities for income-seeking invest... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Oracle FY Q4 Revs $7.2B; Non-GAAP 47c, Tops Guidance | Research In Motion (RIMM) shares are selling off in after hours trading after the company reported results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 31 that came in slightly shy of Street expectations.24... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Corporate Bonds Are No Longer Boring | Bet on Deleveraging. DailyWealth s Steve Sjuggerud thinks there is an extraordinary opportunity for investors in the bond market. The spread of yields between investment grade corporate bonds and tre... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Tech Stocks Rally After FOMC Decision | Australia. stocks held onto most of its gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to end its string of interest rate cuts and maintain rates at 2 percent as inflation concerns rise. conclud... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gross prefers swaps to Tsys under "do-nothing fed" | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, manager of top bond fund Pimco, on Wednesday said he prefers owning two-year swaps over two-year Treasury notes, given his belief that the Federal Reserve will keep in... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Post-Fed Stock Rally Evaporates | 4:14 p.The Federal Reserve took a wait-and-see approach on Wednesday, and so did investors. Stocks added to their earlier gains immediately after the central bank's decision to leave its key interest-... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Warren Buffett keeps quiet on A-B takeover proposal | InBev reaffirms Anheuser-Busch buyout offer [Wichita]. InBev reaffirms Anheuser-Busch buyout offer, pays $50M in commitment fees to lenders [Atlanta]. InBev reaffirms A-B buyout offer, pays $50M in co... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Yahoo's Sinking Stock Revives | When it embraced Google, Yahoo terminated talks with Microsoft about a sale of the entire company as well as a more limited deal focused on Yahoo's search engine. That led to a 16 percent drop in Yaho... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Stimulus checks aren t offering much of a boost to retailers | VarsityXtra. Blogs Blogging with the Devils Bordow's Sports Blog Brownie Bytes Golf: Backspin MLB: Inside Baseball NBA: Rim Shots NFL: Bird Watching. Retailers aren t feeling much of the sales boost p... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Beware of These Strong Buys | It's an understatement to say that investors are excited by the opportunities in green tech. John Doerr, one of the world's most successful venture capitalists, called cleantech the " biggest economic... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | iShares Brazil Rewards Get Riskier | With a five-year annualized return of 55.6%, iShares MSCI Brazil ( EWZ ) has been the best-performing ETF tracked by Morningstar.6%) and 14th among all ETFs, with a one-year return of 47.3% (through J... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Barclays plans to raise 4.5 billion | Barclays is the latest British bank in a fundraising move to improve its balance sheet. However, unlike its rivals, Barclays is not issuing the new shares at a massive discount. The plan is to sell sh... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Taylor Wimpey drops 12 percent on mortgage approvals data | House builders Taylor Wimpy (LSE: TW) and Barratt Developments (LSE: BDEV) led the sector lower with declines of 12 percent and 11 percent respectively after the British Bankers Association reported t... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | 3 Top Nasdaq Pullbacks for Traders | Stocks started Wednesday on a positive note in the hours leading up to the FOMC Fed funds rate decision later today. Along with the rest of the markets, the Nasdaq Composite has been down three days i... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Getting 'Sold' on Selling Options for Instant Profits | Did you know that you can bank options trading profits on the same day you make a trade? Believe it or not, that's not a bold statement to make. In fact, all you need is a margin account and a time-te... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Unchanged: The Fed Stands Pat at 2 | In a 9-1 vote, the FOMC announced its decision to keep the Fed funds rate at 2%. The FOMC said in a statement that the upside risks of inflation have increased. While downside risks for the economy re... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Ask YC: Aquisition Advice | My partner and I run a sports website. We were recently contacted by a major sports network that is interested in integrating our functionality into their site. Their are a few ways a deal could play ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The case for India and three ways to invest | 3:15PM by Steven Halpern Filed under: International markets , India , Newsletters , Mutual funds , Stocks to Buy . "India is one of the hottest economies on the planet and holds tremendous profit pot... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Invus Takes the Lead | Currently leading the one-month Pro portfolio performance on Tickerspy s Ideas and Research page is Invus Public Equities, pushing ahead of Steelhead Partners, which we profiled recently . According t... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | American Keystone Insurance Company Receives Approval for Citizens Depopulation | American KeystoneInsurance Company ("AKIC") has received approval from the Florida Office ofInsurance Regulation ("OIR") and Citizens Property Insurance Corporation("Citizens") to assume as many as 71... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | What it means to you | For months mortgage rates have shot up while the Fed has slashed interest rates. If you have a mortgage, carry credit cards and are considering a home equity loan to cope with soaring food and energy ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | FFR | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II Series of Exchange-Traded Funds Announces Distributions Business Wire . Exchange-Traded Funds advised by First Trust Advisors L. Announce Recap of Capital Gains Dis... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Daily Recap 06/25 - DOLLAR BREAKING? | 1) ---------- Foreword ---------- Busy day, a lot of news, long post. Especially Oil and a special section about Inflation / Delfation. You can't game 'em and everything else is dependent upon them. -... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Triple-Digit Rally After FOMC Decision | Wall Street stayed in rally mode Wednesday afternoon after traders had a chance to contemplate the Federal Reserve's decision to end a string of seven straight . powered a big rally on the Nasdaq Comp... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | FPL Group Inc | FPL Group Inc ( FPL ) Stock Quote, Chart, News, Add to WatchlistFlorida Power & Light Company, a subsidiary of clean energy leader FPL Group, Inc. FPL , today announced new solar energy projec... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US STOCKS-Market gains after Fed's decision, oil falls | Updates to early afternoon) * Fed keeps benchmark fed funds rate unchanged * Beaten-down financial, tech shares lead rise * Oil drop lifts sentiment By Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - U. stocks ro... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | $1.7B Everglades Land Deal in Works | Josh Seidman, Contributing Correspondent The South Florida Water Management District has proposed a $1.75 billion deal to buy as much as 187,000 acres of agricultural land owned by the United States S... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Option Update: Research in Motion volatility elevated at 63 into EPS | 2:30PM by Paul Foster Filed under: Research in Motion (RIMM) , Options Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM ) is recently down $1. RIMM is scheduled to report Q1 EPS today after the market close. RIMM ca... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | InBev's bid puts spotlight on SABMiller | No. 1 SABMiller to look at deals with Mexico's Modelo or FEMSA, Molson Coors or Foster's.3 billion bid will spark the London-based SABMiller (SAB.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) into acti... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Kiplinger s 3 Low-Risk Bargain Stocks | In the August issue of Kiplinger s, 3 low-risk bargain stocks were identified by Curtis Jensen, manager of the Third Avenue Small-Cap Value Fund: 1. leading supplier of removable data-storage- part of... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Alpine Dynamic Innovators Fund Top Stock Picks | Kiplinger s August Issue, Alpine Dynamic Innovators Fund was highlighted. The fund has gained 16% annually for 2 years (it was launched 2 years ago), which trounces the Russell 200 index by 12%. The f... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Market Preview: U.S. Dollar Vulnerable if Fed Dims Rate Hike Expectations | The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates on Wednesday following its two-day meeting, but market participants will be parsing the accompanying statement for hints about future rate... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | SEC proposes reduced reliance on credit raters | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators proposed weaning investors and Wall Street institutions from over-reliance on credit ratings, part of changes to the rating industry prompted by the subpri... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Pitt Review misses key issue says RSA | 15:45 The Pitt Review has overlooked the issue of how to minimise risk for thousands of households living at a high risk of flooding, according to RSA property insurance manager Alan Gairns. In respon... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | SIFMA s North America eTechnology Conference & Exhibit | SIFMA is pleased to announce that it has expanded our eTechnology conference focus to address current issues impacting both equities and fixed income products.Trading platform advances related to exec... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Best. Investments. Ever | Quick: What's the investment vehicle of choice for more than 90 million Americans? If you said "mutual funds," give yourself a gold star and head to the front of the cubicle. Here's another quick one:... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Six Simple Ways to Retire Rich | Will my nest egg meet my retirement-income needs?. Most retirement-savings vehicles offer upfront tax deductions plus tax-deferred growth on investments. But when you withdraw your money in retiremen... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Clearing a Legal Hurdle | . MasterCard ( MA ) shares rose 5% in midday trading Wednesday as investors rang up their approval of a $1.8 billion antitrust settlement with American Express ( AXP ). The agreement removes a major ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed Tightening Is Far From Certain This Year | THE FEDERAL RESERVE , at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, will likely announce that it's holding its target on a key interest rate steady. The rest of the year, however, is a wild c... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Sequenom, Inc | A genetics company committed to providing genetic analysis products and services that translate genomic science into superior solutions for the biomedical research, molecular medicine, agricultural, a... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | iShares Brazil Still Offers Rewards, but with Increasing Risks | With a five-year annualized return of 55.6%, iShares MSCI Brazil ( EWZ ) has been the best-performing ETF tracked by Morningstar.6%) and 14th among all ETFs, with a one-year return of 47.3% (through J... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | ADRs in Focus: India index up after rate change | Australia. NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Indian companies trading on U. exchanges rose Wednesday after the Asian nation's central bank confirmed it boosted key interest rates in a defensive move against i... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Investor sentiment drops following market slump | Taiwanese investor sentiment has plummeted over the past two months, as a result of a lackluster stock market performance and rising inflationary pressure, a poll reported yesterday. Nearly 75 percent... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Fed Holds Rate Steady | Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady for the first time since last summer and expressed mounting concern about inflation and inflation expectations. Yet officials offered no hint of... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | No rate change...goodie goodie! | Fed Funds rate unch at 2% and disct rate unch. I think the hope is to raise rates by Sept, but that will change with the next round of debt insurance collapse.pic ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Solar Energy, LLC Selects CDI Engineering Solutions for Polysilicon Plant Engineering Contract | Analyst Comments: Emmis Communications, Kroger, Lamar Advertising, Barrier Therapeutics, j2 Global, Isis Pharma. Analyst Comments: Georgia Gulf, Celanese, First Solar, Norfolk Southern, Jones Lang, CE... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Forex News Preview: Fed Meeting rate decision 2:15 PM EDT | 12:04pm in. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will give it's rate decision today at 2:15 PM EDT. Consensus is that the FED will stall it's rate raising, or lowering for the time being. Followin... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | BTB Exclusive - The commercial real estate equity crunch | We've still got a way to go before we hit the bottom, but there are bright spots in the real estate economy that was the message from a panel of experts at a recent meeting of the Real Estate Invest... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Directory Page | Here s an archived list of what I consider to be the best and most useful posts from AllFinancialMatters. Some of the posts are listed in multiple categories for obvious reasons. COLLEGE FUNDING Coll... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Xinhua Finance Media Limited | A diversified media company in China that currently focuses on business and financial news as well as wealth management and affluent lifestyle programming. Submitted: 2/19/08 7:13 PM The current lagg... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Amazing green moving light thingy. It's chemistry! | This is one of the best chemistry videos, nay one of the best videos, full stop, I ve ever seen. The video accompanies a paper (abstract here , subscription needed for full paper) in Organic Letters a... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Two ProShares Inverse ETFs Not Yet Overbought | New ETFs. I wrote a post this past weekend that identified the strongest BUY and SELL signals in the ProShares lineup of ETFs. All the strongest BUY signals belonged to the short and ultra-short ETFs.... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Martini Shot | Fringe Benefits Card. Veteran TV writer and producer Rob Long shares his behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life on "Martini Shot." A contributing editor for the National Review and Newsweek Internat... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Banks, tech lift Wall St as FOMC looms | Deborah Jian Lee NEW YORK (Reuters) - U. stocks rose on Wednesday as oil prices slid and investors bought beaten-down financial and technology shares before the Federal Reserve's outlook on the econo... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gold Futures Drop; Dollar Ticks Down | TheStreet. Gold prices were slipping Wednesday and the dollar was weaker as traders waited for the release of the Federal Open Market Committee policy statement.60 an ounce in recent action on the Com... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Exclusive survey on SRI employee savings: An attractive concept | Home. Exclusive survey on SRI employee savings: An attractive concept that remains relatively unfamiliar for many companies . Exclusive survey on SRI employee savings: An attractive concept that remai... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | eResearch Issues Update Report on Indicator Minerals Inc | MPAC Industries Corporation: Annual General Meeting and Corporate Update -15 Minutes Ago MPAC Industries Corporation is pleased to provide its shareholders and the investment community with an update ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Number of Valley millionaires jumps 20 percent | Voices The Vent Online Vent. Last year, the number of millionaire households in the Valley totaled 64,014, a 20. That s according to the annual World Wealth Report, released by Merrill Lynch and Capge... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Qualitystocks.Net News Concurrent (Ccur) Launches Rtp2000 For Latest Tv Technology | Quality Stock's Daily Newsletter to find out what Small-Cap and Micro-Cap online Investment Newsletters are interested in, plus hear about the latest news from our clients as well as other publicly tr... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gabod Investments | Large Cap Value Plays This is a screen of large cap stocks, i. with market capitalizations greater than or equal to $5 billion that also have a P/E less than or equal to 15 and a quick ratio o. Bigges... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Barclays gets $9 billion to boost capital, Qatar invests | Qatar and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui (8316.T: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and aims to use half the cash to rebuild capital and half to pursue growth. Qatar's state investment firm and ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Understanding the Market | McCain is widely considered to be a responsible authority on military and foreign issues. But as of late, many of his economic statements have been latent with a sort of anti-capitalist sentiment. Thi... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | TropiGal | EDITORIAL NOTE: In response to yesterday's post , Rain of Rainy Day Thoughts sent in this photo of herself with her walking staff. If enough of you send your own photos with staffs, I'll make a sectio... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Mr. Obama asked his top fund-raisers | Senator Barack Obama asked his leading fund-raisers in a conference call today to lend a hand to retire the campaign debt of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. This week has been designated as the coming... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | ISA Guide | CFD Trading.Select the help text below that best suits your needs. Put simply, an ISA is an individual savings account that has special tax advantages. The ISA itself is simply a wrapper within which... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Barclays Commercial Bank commits to Manchester Airport via long-term campaigns with EYE | UK. Barclays Commercial Bank this week announced its long-term commitment to Manchester Airport via leading airport media specialist EYE. The commitment takes the form of Terminal 3 s Business Lounge ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | SEC to Give Money Managers Freer Hand (Financial Planning.com) | In light of the crisis of confidence in rating agencies following the subprime crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission will diminish the importance on money market fund managers reliance on su... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Buffett sees opportunities in subprime business | Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), sees some opportunities for investing in the subprime mortgage business, he told Reuters in an interv... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Money manager Eugene Sit dies | Countrywide shareholders approve takeover by Bank of America. NY's top court affirms dropping 4 claims against Grasso . Eugene Sit, who survived Communist rule in 1940s China and immigrated to the Uni... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | B.Land sees 2009 UK recovery | Sinead Cruise and William Kemble-Diaz LONDON (Reuters) - A recovery in UK commercial property is unlikely until 2009 "at the earliest", the head of British Land (BLND.L: Quote , Profile , Research... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Find A Millionaire! | The number of millionaires, both globally and locally, rose in 2007. In the Bay Area, 123,621 households had $1 million or more in financial assets in 2007, up 10.8 percent from the year before, accor... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Out to pasture | The beer world in general, and the city of St. Louis in particular, is all in a twist at the prospect of losing the last great American-owned megabrewery to the tiny postage stamp of a country where T... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Oil futures fall on after U.S. supply report | NEW YORK -- Oil futures fell sharply Wednesday after the U. Energy Department said the nation's supplies of fuel and oil were larger than expected last week -- evidence that the soaring price for gaso... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Oil prices drop on report of higher oil stockpiles (UPDATED: 8:19 a.m.) | 9:58 AMNEW YORK (AP) Oil futures fell sharply today after the Energy Department said the nation s supplies of fuel and oil were larger than expected last week evidence that the soaring price for g... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Honey Bee Network and NIF tend to get a lot | If necessity is the mother of all invention, then people living at the base of the pyramid should have plenty of marketable ideas. Anil Gupta, executive chairperson of the National Innovation Foundati... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Penny Sleuth | Editor s Note : Wayne Mulligan, founder and CEO of TickerHound. Writing for Penny Sleuth, he says that the housing market boom has reached its limits for now. More losses are likely in the near future... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | DIB investment banking arm arranges more than AED 20 billion in sukuk and syndication transactions in first half of 2008 | DIB investment banking arm arranges more than AED 20 billion in sukuk and syndication transactions in first half of 2008 . Dubai Islamic Bank s (DIB) wholly-owned investment banking arm, Millennium Ca... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Obama Advised Against Picking Sam Nunn as Running Mate; Former Senator and General Electric Board Member Allowed GE to Do Business with Iran | Obama Advised Against Picking Sam Nunn as Running Mate; Former Senator and General Electric Board Member Allowed GE to Do Business with Iran . WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Great Stock Funds on Sale | Mutual Fund Finder. Most closed-end funds dwell in relative obscurity. After the funds are launched, sponsors spend no money to market them and brokers don't promote them to clients. And that's a pit... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Five Winning REITs | Jack in the Box: Full of Surprises. Fund Watch - 5 Questions for a Global Fund Manager. Real estate investment trusts have done better -- or less poorly -- than most stocks this year. Here are several... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Baron iOpportunity Fund Top Stock Picks | Michael Lippert, portfolio manager of the Baron iOpportunity Fund, offered his stock recommendations on CNBC: He modes companies out four or five years, and he looks at the potential for those compani... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | CII delegation to visit US as part of CEOs' mission | A CII delegation will visit the US from June 24-26, 2008. The delegation is part of the CII CEOs' Mission and will by led by K V Kamath. The main thrust of the mission would be to focus on doubling In... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed altering the role of credit ratings agencies Wednesday as it examines the | 11:54SEC Proposes Regulatory Changes For Credit Rating Agencies The U. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed altering the role of credit ratings agencies Wednesday as it examines the best way to... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gary Griffiths Joins LiteScape as New President and CEO | REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Gary Griffiths, the former President of Products and Operations at WebEx, has joined LiteScape Technologies -- the market leader in Unified Communications so... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | London shares stronger midaftern | Leading shares remained higher midafternoon, fuelled by gains in the financial sector following Barclays' share issue confirmation, and with a positive start on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserv... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Oil prices tumble as inventories gain | NEW YORK Oil futures fell sharply Wednesday after the Energy Department said the nation's supplies of fuel and oil were larger than expected last week evidence that the soaring price for gasoline ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Oslo shares close higher, led up by bulk shipping stocks, REC UPDATE | Oslo shares closed higher, led up by Norway's bulk shipping firms after a jump in charter rates, and by Renewable Energy Corporation on the back of a major new order and a broker recommendation hike, ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | FOREX-Dollar steadies as market looks to Fed meeting | Fed meeting * Inflation comments from ECB officials nudge euro higher * Markets expect Fed focus on inflation, no rate hike (Updates prices, adds comments, Norwegian interest-rate hike) By Steven C... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | US: Kroger Net Beats Estimates; Shares Rise on Forecast | US: Kroger Net Beats Estimates; Shares Rise on Forecast Kroger Co. grocery chain, increased first-quarter profit more than analysts estimated by cutting prices and said full-year sales will exceed its... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | SEC Proposes Regulatory Changes For Credit Rating Agencies | U. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed altering the role of credit ratings agencies Wednesday as it examines the best way to move forward in the wake of the credit crisis. "Blind reliance on r... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Midday Biz Buzz: Stocks fall sharply ahead of Fed decision | Wise County girl duct-taped to tree, sheriff says . Haslet man not indicted in November wreck that killed couple, injured 3 children . Texas A&M center DeAndre Jordan sees his draft stock fall. Here's... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Funds explore new opportunities | For a long time Africa and the Middle East barely registered a blip on most investors' radar. But soaring oil and commodity prices have boosted the attractions of these hitherto overlooked regions and... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Expansive Monetary Policy Bullish for Small Cap Stock Performance | Numerous studies have presented evidence investors receive excess returns, or an investment premium, when investing in small and micro capitalization stocks. The findings indicate that even after cons... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Barclays Lists New iPath ETNs On NYSE Arca, The Largest Exchange In ETF And ETN Listings And Assets Under Management - First ETN Linked To Carbon | Barclays Lists New iPath ETNs On NYSE Arca, The Largest Exchange In ETF And ETN Listings And Assets Under Management - First ETN Linked To Carbon Trades On NYSE Arca. Linked to the Barclays Capital G... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Pay Attention to Turnover | You're all excited -- you've found a mutual fund that looks terrific. And perhaps, because of its strong performance, you're thinking of buying some of its top holdings as individual stocks for your p... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Egypt bourse plans to launch derivatives market in 09 | LONDON: The Egyptian Exchange will operate under a new, faster trading platform from next month and plans to launch a new derivatives market next year, its chairman said on Monday. These moves form pa... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Hedge Funds Take Chance On Aggressive Type of ETF | Word Count: 652 | Companies Featured in This Article: Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas, ProShares UltraShort Financials . Hedge funds are embracing an aggressive type of exchange-traded fund -- and tha... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Able Investor | Ann Cooke is a financial adviser with Smith Barney located in Olympia and can be reached at 360-943-2300. Kasey Kahne visits Fort Lewis Hogs & Dogs Motorcycle and Classic Car Show 2008 Capitol ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Business Week s Gene Marcial Says Tootsie Roll (TR) is a Buyout Candidate | Gene Marcial, Business Week s Inside Wall Street Columnist, says Tootsie Roll is a buyout candidate: 1. Though the company has not performed well lately, as first-quarter sales tumbled, costs spiraled... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Five Credit Crunch Crackers | Although the credit crunch has been with us for a year now, how little it's affected the stock market has surprised many people. Although the market is down 15% over the last year, it's been a rollerc... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | RSA points to hole in Pitt report | ABI poised to defend industry s flood response as Pitt is published . Sir Michael Pitt publishes report on summer floods. ABI: Government must act on Pitt report recommendations. RSA has warned that ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | NexxNow, Inc. on Digital 50 'New High Alert' | BUFFALO, N. (OTC Bulletin Board: NXXN), a sports media and marketing company hit the "Digital 50" investor alerts on Tuesday for Chinese companies that attained new 52-week highs at least once from Mo... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Analyst Comments: Georgia Gulf, Celanese, First Solar, Norfolk Southern, Jones Lang, CEMEX , Willis Group | PM. Analyst Comments: Emmis Communications, Kroger, Lamar Advertising, Barrier Therapeutics, j2 Global, Isis Pharma Jun 25, 2008 01:51 PM. Intercontinental Exchange has Captured the Globe Jun 25, 2008... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on AMAT, T, MA, MO, and DRI | Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to allinvestors at: .(Note: You may have to copy this link intoyour browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's Seven Summits Strategic Inv... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The Mother of All Central Banking Challenges | Fed funds rate at this afternoon's FOMC announcement. Looking out over the second half of this year, however, the Fed funds futures market anticipates higher rates. The December '08 contract is curren... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Stocks are seeing moderate gains in morning trading on Wednesday following the release of some economic news. While investors are | 10:34Stocks See Moderate Gains Ahead Of Fed Rate Decision - U. Commentary Stocks are seeing moderate gains in morning trading on Wednesday following the release of some economic news. While investors ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Reuters Summit-RREEF looking to Asia, infrastructure for growth | RREEF, is looking to rapidly expand its investments in Asia and infrastructure but sees some dangers in the white-hot markets of India and China. "The marketplace is challenging for sure but it is als... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Stocks Analysis: Verso Paper Faces Strong Competition in a Stale Market | US Market Main. ( VRS ) came public midway through the month of May with a pricing of $12. After many other successful launches of IPOs in April, underwriters were trying to make the most of the new-f... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | BeaconEquity.com Issues TraderNotes on Wind Energy Stocks: HTOG, STSA, LRCX, ROYL, CRBC, YHOO, ABAT, SPRD | BeaconEquity.com Issues TraderNotes on Wind Energy Stocks: HTOG, STSA, LRCX, ROYL, CRBC, YHOO, ABAT, SPRD.com announces the availability of TraderNotes on stocks that are making news today. Investors ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | BHP blames the steel makers who blame it for high steel prices | Rio Tinto , could have gained a higher price for its iron ore contracts. Analysts had expected a rise of between 85 per cent and 95 per cent. Observers were surprised that it accepted a price at least... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Pension Investor: MBIA Must Give Capital To Insurance Co | 05:10 PM. Fed Reserve Ends String of Cuts Jun 25, 2008 05:07 PM. Declining Russian Oil Production Could Lead to $200 Oil and Global Recession . MBIA Comments on the Impact of the Moody's Downgrade of... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Precision ups bid for Grey Wolf | 10:58 AM EDT Canadian oil and gas services firm Precision Drilling Trust is not willing to take no for an answer, at least not quite yet. The Calgary company has raised its hostile takeover bid for co... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Zim govt threatened Anglo | Kagiso buys into Urban Brew. 16:20The Zimbabwean government has threatened to take control of an Anglo American project in that country if the mining company stopped developing it, Anglo American said... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Eurozone's stagnant growth and inflation present rates dilemma | The European Central Bank's dilemma over interest rates deepened yesterday as new figures pointed to a toxic cocktail of stagnant growth and spiralling inflation. Jean-Claude Trichet, the President ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Gates Departure From Microsoft Puts Ballmer in Spotlight | SEATTLE -- Bill Gates' retirement from Microsoft Corp later this week marks the end of an era for the software giant, thrusting CEO Steve Ballmer into the spotlight during one of the most challenging ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | How many millionaires in your ZIP? | The number of millionaires, both globally and locally, rose in 2007. In the Bay Area, 123,621 households had $1 million or more in financial assets in 2007, up 10.8 percent from the year before, accor... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Moscow shares decline late afternoon as oil, Norilsk Nickel sell-off continues | Moscow shares were lower in late afternoon trading for the fifth straight session as investors sold Norilsk Nickel shares amid uncertainty about the company's ownership and oil dropped ahead of the re... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Senior class: a retirement income solution | OpINion/online appears on the web and in IN Daily every Wednesday. The core problem facing baby boomers and their advisers is how to stretch often meager nest eggs over two or three decades. Unfortuna... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | TARDIS | People owning UNG also tend to own: BHP EWM EWS FXA FXB FXC GLD TheStreet. Latest Activist Situations Here are the latest Activist or "13D" situations from the StreetInsider. more Mid-Cap Value Plays ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | I bought a small amount of BA sh | I bought a small amount of BA shares earlier in the year at $89, thinking it was a good buy when it was off its highs of $107. Now the airlines are cutting capacity and retiring planes. I bought for a... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Barclays Turns to "Sovereign Wealth Funds" for Cash Injection | A Q&A With Barack Obama. Microsoft and Yahoo May Begin Acquisition Talks Again . IRS Mileage Rates Raised: Deductible Increased By 8 Cents. Spain Revises Growth Forecast Downwards as Crisis Sets In. E... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | AnalyzerXL | AnalyzerXL description Trade station, stock quotes, options, investment portfolio in Microsoft Excel . AnalyzerXL is a library of 146 technical analysis functions, indicators and experts in the form... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not MasterCard Inc, Monsanto Co, Jabil Circuit Inc, Corning Inc or Cisco Systems | Thank you so very much, just 1 trade paid for my subscription fees. I would recommend to any option trader out there that Schaeffers's subcription is the "BEST. The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Focus on Fees | As the stock market turned rocky last year, Tim Koehler started paying attention to his mutual-fund fees. Louis software developer had relied on his financial adviser to select the mutual funds in his... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Naked Shorting And Pool Operations On The Short Side | Trillium Acquires Land Adjacent To The Past-Producing Pickle Crow Gold Mine (1.47 million ounces of gold between 1935 and 1966; closed in a low gold price [$35/oz] environment) . Interesting article ... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Monsanto Beats, But Not Enough (MON) | Home. Blackstone Puts $500 Million Into Pipeline Company (BX, KYN, KYE, KED, EPD). MasterCard & American Express Settle Litigation (MA, AXP) . Williams Companies Challenges Multi-Year Highs on Guidanc... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Feds Cast Scapegoat Net, Snag Cioffi and Tannin: Caroline Baum | Every scandal needs a scalp. In the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash, it was Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange and convicted embezzler, and Samuel Insull, the public ut... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Jabil Circuit, Inc | JBL. Premarket Movers: Boeing, Sonic fall in premarket 6/25/2008 9:11:00 AM - AP . On the Watch: JBL DRDN COMS 6/25/2008 6:22:00 AM - AP . Jabil 4th-quarter profit may beat expectations 6/24/2008 5:32... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Vantage to buy P250M worth of shares in Monte Oro | Listed investment company Vantage Equities Inc. is buying P250 million worth of shares in Monte Oro Resources and Energy Inc. (MOREI), marking its first foray into the power sector. MOREI is the paren... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | Geovic Mining Corp.: Progress Update on Mada Drilling Program in Cameroon | VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2008) - Geovic Mining Corp. ("Geovic" or "The Company") (TSX:GMC), on behalf of its 60%-owned subsidiary Geovic Cameroon PLC (GeoCam), . the progres... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | PH&N lowers fund management fees, re-opens Vintage Fund | VANCOUVER, June 25 /CNW/ - Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. (PH&N) today announced management fee reductions to selected PH&N and BonaVista investment funds, as well as the re-openin... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | DEW | The investment seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Europe High-Yielding Equity index. The fund employs a passive management (or indexing) invest... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | RXL | The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice the daily performance of the Dow Jones U. The fund normally invests 80% of assets in financial instru... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | PHJ | Invesco PowerShares' Flagship ETF Crosses 5-Year Mark, Achieving Above-Average Performance and Zero Cap-Gains Distributions Marketwire . Invesco PowerShares and Deutsche Bank Expand Successful Marketi... Read » |
25/Jun 2008 | BCT | Dividend Dates and Distribution Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Business Wire . BlackRock Announces Portfolio Manager Changes to Certain Taxable Fixed Income Closed-End Funds ... Read » |
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